Reprising a favorite photo from the past year, a former American Airlines Boeing 727 is towed across a Seattle avenue in preparation for a new construction project at the Museum of Flight in Seattle on March 28, 2015.
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Boeing's first 737 MAX narrowbody airplane sits on a ramp in Renton, Wash., on Dec. 28, 2015. The airplane is expected to take to the skies for the first time early in 2016.
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Despite working as a research laboratory for NASA, the agency's modified DC-8 still has some of the marks of its passenger service days with Alitalia and Braniff - such as this flight attendant panel seen during a flight on Dec. 5, 2015.
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It's time for our first "#avgeek gallery" of 2016. For the uninitiated, it's a batch of fun airplane and aviation photos from around the globe.

The #avgeek gallery also hits a major milestone this month as it enters its second year. The #avgeek gallery first launched in January 2015 and has gone on to become a permanent monthly fixture thanks to popular demand from Today in the Sky readers.

Click through that slideshow to see all 30 of the new photos, which feature a mix of photos from last month as well as other shots from throughout 2015. If you're really looking to see it all, scroll down to find the entire collection of #avgeek gallery photos.

Enjoy!

See a photo you like? Share your thoughts about this latest set of photos in the comments section below. And if you've got your own photos that you'd like to share with USA TODAY, you can submit those via USA TODAY's Your Take feature.

Late '50s and early '60s style abounds in a retired DC-3 located at the Flight Path Learning Center in Los Angeles. The aircraft first flew in 1941 for now-defunct TWA, eventually flying executives for an oil company from 1950 to 1982.
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A bird flies past the nose of an Airbus Beluga aircraft, loaded with wings, as it takes off from the Airbus wing assembly factory in Broughton, United Kingdom, on Nov. 7, 2013.
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A bird flies past the nose of an Airbus Beluga aircraft, loaded with wings, as it takes off from the Airbus wing assembly factory in Broughton, United Kingdom, on Nov. 7, 2013.
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A bird flies past the nose of an Airbus Beluga aircraft, loaded with wings, as it takes off from the Airbus wing assembly factory in Broughton, United Kingdom, on Nov. 7, 2013.
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ANA's "Star Wars"-themed Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner taxis to its gate at Vancouver International Airport on Oct. 18, 2015. The jet was making its first revenue appearance since being delivered the previous month.
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A restored Boeing B-17 World War II bomber waits for traffic to go by before crossing the street toward its new home at the Museum of Flight in Seattle on Oct. 17, 2015.
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ANA's "Star Wars"-themed Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner taxis to its gate at Vancouver International Airport on Oct. 18, 2015. The jet was making its first revenue appearance since being delivered the previous month.
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ANA's "Star Wars"-themed Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner departs Vancouver International Airport for Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2015. The jet was making its first revenue appearance since being delivered the previous month.
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The tallest air traffic controller tower in the U.S. towers over a tiny Delta Connection regional jet at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Oct. 31, 2015.
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Hello Kitty herself emerges from the brand-new Boeing 777-300 for EVA Air, emblazoned with her likeness, at a welcome party for EVA's new service to Houston on June 19, 2015.
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EVE Air flight attendants, specially assigned to the Hello Kitty flights, pose for a photo at a welcome party for EVA's new service to Houston on June 19, 2015.
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EVA Air's Shing Star Hello Kitty themed Boeing 777-300ER taxies into the gate on its first visit to Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport on June 19, 2015.
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Hello Kitty shaped food items dot the landscape of an economy class meal on board EVA Air's newest Kitty-themed jet at a welcome party for EVA's new service to Houston on June 19, 2015.
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EVA Air's Shing Star Hello Kitty themed Boeing 777-300ER taxies into the gate on its first visit to Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport on June 19, 2015.
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EVA Air's newest Hello Kitty themed Boeing 777-300ER receives a water cannon salute on its first visit to Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport on June 19, 2015.
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Hello Kitty herself emerges from the brand-new Boeing 777-300 for EVA Air, emblazoned with her likeness, at a welcome party for EVA's new service to Houston on June 19, 2015.
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K.W. Chang, EVA Airways Chairman gives a model airplane to Mario Diaz, director of the Houston Airport System, at a welcome party for EVA's new service to Houston on June 19, 2015.
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A pillow rests on a business class seat on board EVA Air's newest Hello Kitty-themed jet at a welcome party for EVA's new service to Houston on June 19, 2015.
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K.W. Chang, EVA Airways Chairman holds up a Hello Kitty pillow on board his newest jet at a welcome party for EVA's new service to Houston on June 19, 2015.
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Rolls of toilet paper imprinted with Hello Kitty await a user inside the bathroom of EVA Air's newest Kitty-themed jet at a welcome party for EVA's new service to Houston on June 19, 2015.
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Kuniko Uchida, a Little Twin Stars designer, pens a personalized autograph and sketch for a guest at a welcome party for EVA's new service to Houston on June 19, 2015.
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EVA Air's newest Hello Kitty themed Boeing 777-300ER receives a water cannon salute on its first visit to Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport on June 19, 2015.
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Big vendors at the Paris Air Show have "chalets" where they host media events and court new customers. Qatar Airways is one of the few airlines to have its own chalet at Paris (seen here on Monday, June 15, 2015).
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French President Francois Hollande steps out of the cabin of a Dassault made Falcon 5X, during the inauguration of the 51st International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget near Paris on June15, 2015. AFP PHOTO / POOL / REMY DE LA MAUVINIEREREMY DE LA MAUVINIERE/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT: - ORIG FILE ID: 541682431
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Officer Tim Daniels, left, and Sergeant Steve Balandran with the Los Angeles Airport Police keep watch over the throngs of people checking in for flights in the Tom Bradley International Terminal.
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Gate 148 sits empty, awaiting its next flight. Gates at LAX, and at the new international terminal in particular, are virtually in constant use. A jet arrives or leaves the terminal about once every 12 minutes.
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Clad in early evening light, an Air France Airbus A380 jumbo jet soars off of Runway 24L at Los Angeles International Airport, bound for Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.
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Its nose just off the ground and its engines covered over with fog, an Etihad Boeing 777 bound for Abu Dhabi lifts off from Los Angeles International Airport.
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Passengers arriving to the United States descend into the customs and immigration hall inside Los Angeles International Airport's Tom Bradley International Terminal. Nearly 22,000 people pass through the facility every day.
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Celebrating German children's book author Janosch, a flying bear graces the side of a Condor Boeing 767-300. The livery helps support the German relief fund BILD hilft e.V. – A Heart for Children.
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Its interior gutted to save weight, a DC-10 air tanker rests between firefighting sorties at the US Forest Service Air Tanker Base in Moses Lake, Wash., on Aug. 22, 2015.
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Suction hose deployed, an Erickson Air Crane firefighting helicopter takes on another load of water from Lake Chelan, destined for the nearby Chelan Complex fire burning in north-central Washington State on Aug. 23, 2015.
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A bulldozer drops a load of what used to be the center runway at Seattle-Tacoma International into a dump truck. The airport is in the process of repaving the 9,426-foot runway during a nearly six-month process.
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An American Airlines Airbus A321 passes by the now under-construction center runway at Seattle-Tacoma International on July 17, 2015. The runway, built in 1969, was torn up in order to be rebuilt.
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A heavy-duty .50-calibur machine gun, no longer active, keeps watch over North Seattle during a flight aboard a 71-year-old restored B-24 World War II-era bomber on June 26, 2015.
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Col. Ken Wheeler, a 92-year-old World War II veteran and B-17 bomber navigator, pauses to study a .50-calibur heavy machine gun while on a World War II-era B-24 bomber flight over Seattle on June 26, 2015.
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The soon-to-be home of Southwest Airlines in Houston Hobby is seen under construction on June 19, 2015. The ticketing concourse is part of the new international terminal, set to open later this year.
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An escalator stands ready to shuttle Houston Hobby's soon-to-come international passengers to customs inside the airport's international terminal, still under construction, on June 19, 2015.
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The new home of Southwest Airlines in Houston Hobby is seen under construction on June 19, 2015. The ticketing concourse is part of the new international terminal, set to open later this year.
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The soon-to-be home of Southwest Airlines in Houston Hobby is seen under construction on June 19, 2015. The ticketing concourse is part of the new international terminal, set to open later this year.
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About to end a 16+ hour journey, an Emirates Airbus A380 superjumbo sails over a Boeing 747-8 as it lands at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport on June 19, 2015.
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The distinct blue, white and gold globe of United Airlines repeats itself on a series of Boeing 737s at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport on June 19, 2015.
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Banks of computers and test equipment line the interior of Boeing's ecoDemonstrator 757, seen during a media tour in early June 2015. The airplane tests a variety of new technologies on board, including non-stick wing surfaces to reduce bug residue.
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The tail of a privately owned Boeing 747-400 towers over a group of business jets on May 12, 2015. The jets were in town for a secretive meeting known as the Microsoft CEO Summit.
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Captain Larry Packer, right, holds up a 53-pound Copper River Salmon with first officer Peter Michels after delivering the fish to Seattle, direct from Cordova, Alaska, on May 15, 2015.
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A last-generation American Airlines tail is sandwiched between two tails sporting the company's latest branding at Washington Reagan National Airport on May 22, 2015.
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